The victory kept the Pride (6-3) undefeated at home (5-0) and in first place in the American Conference.

Though the Pride started the game with a new lineup, as James ``Bull'' Martin replaced Chuckie White for the first time this season at power forward, the result at the Armory was the same. The Pride's full-court and half-court traps rattled the opponent, and the highest scoring offense in the CBA (101) performed well.

Brunson and Lindeman were the Pride's offense early. They scored 22 of the team's first 24 points. The Hoops, getting production inside from forward Ben Davis, led by as many as seven in the second quarter.

Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy and assistant Don Chaney watched Davis, who played the final two months last season with the Knicks. Davis had 24 points and 10 rebounds.

You can be sure the Knicks staff also noticed Brunson, Griffin and Lindeman. Lindemanshot 8-for-12 and in two games against the Hoops this season is 16-for-21.

``Yes, I noticed [Van Gundy and Chaney], and I wanted to do a little more,'' Griffin said. ``That's why we're here, working to get to the NBA.''

Griffin scored six points in a 15-4 run that gave the Pride a 39-35 lead with 2 minutes, 50 seconds left in the first half.

The Pride, who led 47-40 at halftime, didn't trail again. ``Once we got up, we never looked back,'' Jones said.

The Pride led 72-60 after three quarters. The closest the Hoops could get was 91-84 with 1:18 remaining.

Griffin was lethal with his hang-in- the-air drives, the Pride shot 50.6 percent (40-for-79) from the field and 85 percent (17-for-20) from the free-throw line, and Martin hustled to get nine rebounds.

``Adrian stepped up when we needed it, and on other nights other guys have been there, too,'' Lindeman said. ``We got the D, too. We're on a good roll.''